The Battle Of Life- a Love Story

1846 1ed Charles Dickens Battle of Life Christmas Romance Maclise Illustrated "There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor." ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol 'The Battle of Life' is one of Charles Dickens' famous 'Christmas Books'. First published in 1846, this short novel was published following 'Cricket on the Hearth' and follows the culture in… Read more about this item

Londion: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. Original Cloth. First edition, fourth state of vignette title. Deep red horizontally ribbed cloth, the front and back covers are stamped in blind with double rul ed border interspersed with 12 floral designs on each cover. Front cover stamped in gilt with two cherubs about to do battle while mounted on wasps above a… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First Edition. 12mo. 4th state. 175pp. (2)pp. ads at rear, illustrated, half-title, frontispiece, engrave title page in the 4th state and regular title page, bound in publisher's red pictorial gilt cloth, beautifully rebacked, raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated, endpapers renewed, all edges gilt. A very nice clean copy of this fourth Christmas… Read more about this item

1846 Charles Dickens 1ed Battle of Life Christmas Love Maclise Leech Doyle Art Beginning with 'A Christmas Carol' in 1843, Charles Dickens wrote and published five Christmas books for the holiday season. The fourth title in this series of novellas is 'The Battle of Life.' Curiously, this title is the sole non-religious title of the Christmas Book series. The story is… Read more about this item

1846 Charles Dickens 1ed Battle of Life Christmas Love Maclise Leech Doyle ART Beginning with 'A Christmas Carol' in 1843, Charles Dickens wrote and published five Christmas books for the holiday season. The fourth title in this series of novellas is 'The Battle of Life.' Curiously, this title is the sole non-religious title of the Christmas Book series. The story is… Read more about this item

1846. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 2 pp undated ads. Original red cloth pictorially decorated in gilt, all page edges gilt. First Edition of the fourth of Dickens's five illustrated Christmas books -- following A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE CHIMES, and THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH, and preceding THE HAUNTED MAN. This is an unusual tale in which two… Read more about this item

1846. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 2 pp undated ads. Original red cloth pictorially decorated in gilt, all page edges gilt. First Edition of the fourth of Dickens's five illustrated Christmas books -- following A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE CHIMES, and THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH, and preceding THE HAUNTED MAN. This is an unusual tale in which two… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 175, [2] p. 17 cm. Frontispiece engraving, engraved title page, and 11 other engraved illustrations. Burgundy cloth with gold and blank impressing. All edges gilt. 2 p. of ads at rear for Dickens' works. A little soiling to exterior. Corners a little worn. Tape repairs to hinges. … Read more about this item

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First Edition. Fourth State, with Cupid carrying a scroll on the engraved title page vignette. Octavo (17cm); publisher's red vertical-ribbed cloth, covers with decorative blind border surrounding a central gilt vignette, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine; all edges gilt; engraved frontispiece and title page, [6], 176pp, plus ad leaf; illus.… Read more about this item

Independence Press, 1956. 1st Edition thus . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Art by Rey Abruzzi. 11154 shelf. Gold-stamped red cloth spine w/ pictorial off-white bds. No names, clean text. No dust jacket issued. Christmas keepsake designed for Samual A. Dalton, with his gift card laid in. #210 of 1000 copies. In a patterned red paper-covered cardboard… Read more about this item

New York: H. S. Nichols. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1914. Facsimile. Hardcover. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering and ornate decoration. Minor edgewear and soil. Spine is sunned and its gilt is dulled and rubbed. Text block edges gilt. Binding sound, text unmarked. Interior lightly toned, with trace foxing. B/w illustrations. Facsimile signature of publisher… Read more about this item

London : Bradbury and Evans, 1846. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. original gilt and blindstamped decorated red cloth hardcover, half title, engraved frontis and engraved title page, dedication leaf, printed title page, list of illustrations, 1-176pp, plus advertisment leaf, all page edges gilt, name to flyleaf and top edge of… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, Fourth State., small Octavo, Pp. 8 [173] 2 Adverts, wood-engraved frontispiece. Illustrations by D. Maclise, R. Doyle, C. Standfield and J. Leech, original deep red vertically-ribbed cloth, covers decorated in blind, upper cover pictorially gilt design, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, pale yellow-coated… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition, with the vignette title page in the Todd E1 and Eckel 4 state, rare thus. Engraved frontispiece and vignette title pages. Illustrations by Richard Doyle, John Leech, and others throughout. Small 8vo, in a very handsome antique full dark-green crushed levant morocco binding, the spine with raised bands,… Read more about this item

1846. London, Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846. Small8vo. Orig. full red cloth. Edges gilt. Blindstamped and frontcover and spine stamped in gold (each with 2 angels on wasps). Tears to cloth at hinges, no loss. Spine ends a bit worn. Engraved frontispiece and engr. title, all titles, htitles, dedic-leaf etc. (8),175,(1) pp. + 2 pp. of advertisements.… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First Edition, Fourth Issue. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. Pp. (8), 175, followed by 2 pp. of publisher offerings. Lavish frontis. and title page. Illustrated with engravings by Maclise (two plates) and three each by John Leech, Richard Doyle, and Clarkson Stanfield. Bound in blindstamped ribbed red cloth with bright gilt illustration and… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall, 1846, 1846. FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., illustrated, fourth state (as usual) of the additional engraved title-page, bound in the publisher's original gilt and blind stamped red cloth, all edges gilt, neat contemporary inscription to upper edge of front blank endleaf dated Dec. 24th 1846, internally clean and bright, no bookplate to front pastedown, minor… Read more about this item

U.K.: Chapman & Hall, 1887. Red bds with gilt title and decoration to spine and front. Bds soiled. Spine sunned. Bump/fraying to spine ends and corners. Bindings split to endpaper hinges. Ffep missing. Pen marks to bottom corner of fep. B/W illus. Foxing/soiling to text. Bindings slack to some pages. 2 edges uncut. . Hard Cover. Fair/No. 12mo - over… Read more about this item

London: Cassell & Company Ltd, 1893. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Pocket Size, from the Cassell's National Library series. 192 Pages + Adverts. Blue cloth cover with blind stamped lines & lettering to front and gilt lettering to spine. No inscriptions Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall

Leipzig: Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun.. " Copyright Edition for Continental Circulation" published as a single title and not bound with any other Dickens stories. Tauchnitz in 1856 published another edition and included "The Haunted Man." Spine is very neatly repaired with a brown cloth tape; black paper on boards. 119 pp. Half title page: "Collection of British Authors. The Battle… Read more about this item